The Evening Mail. MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1878.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 708, 24 June 1878, Page 2

The Evening Mail. MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1878.

There are some nice lads m Oamaru, who, if not by prompt and severe treabm nt diverted from the evil ways they are now pursuing, will be the m°ans of swelling The criminal ca'enders at no distant period. Who can from this view, when are called to renv mbrance the pranks they have play d ;.nd stilt play. Another instance of their dtvilry occurred yesterday. A number of bags of grain which were lying in the trucks un 1 r the verandah of the N-.'W Zealand I ->an and Mercantile Agency Co.. and a bag of wheat lying in a truck, the contents of which were awaiting shipment to the Ehene-zer, were cut as with a kuife ; the keen instrument, whatever it was, having been wantonly brought to bear upon every thincr that was cutr.ble and valuable. The placins of the string across the pathway near St. Luke's Church; the depredation perpetrated upon the she-.-p washing appliances, and the hacking of the b*g-- of vli-.it, are so similar in character that we would not wonder if they were the wrk of the same crew. We write in all seri'ii- e-s when we ass'-rt that the lad, youth, or whatever he thinks him*. If. who «•■ silil ri; up and d<:«"n>y the people's pmoei-y. awas done y..->tcrd;ry, has- wihio hi :i thit'ims if ■ r-nrn-li'v. which lie fo 1 ;; i-in-wi-li -uel. .t.-.iv "• v hi- rnry yet 'inu himelf arraiiMt- >'• f>e a tribunal as a criminal of th« <'ee;>r*t <l\v, unless he alter hi* eoiirsf. 'I he d" predators of may be Mir- that tliey will some day be discovered, when their playfulness will be atrned into wailing.

The remains of the late Mr. James M'Tsab ivre conv }-• d to their last resting ph:<:yesterday afternoon. The funeral cort ji was very large, amongst those present b. about I(.10 masons, representing the \YY.itaki—of which the deceased gc-r.t:Vni:ni v.-pe a mend) r—and Kilwinnr g Lodges. ''Jibuti'' -ervice was p.rf.rined by the Rev. Mr. I) wsiiurv.

Mails for Sydnc-y, per Rotorua, and mails for the United Kingdom, via San Francisco, per Zealandia, close at Auckland at noon to-morrow

The Oamaru Christy's will meet for practice this evening, at 8 o'clock, in the Masonic 1!all. A meeting will he hold immediately afterwards for the consideration of several matters in connection with thentertaiment in aid of the Hospital funds.

A summoned meeting of Court Pride of Oamaru, A.0.F., will be held in the Oddfellows' Hall this evening, at S o'clock.

The annnal general meetieg • ; shareholders in the Commercial Building and Mutual Investment Society takes place tomorrow evening, t S o'clock, at the Mechanics' Institute.

The Waiareka Road Board calls for tenders, receivable up to 4 o'clock tomorrow, for the erection of an arched culvert and the formation of a portion of the road between blocks II and TIT. Oamaru survey district. Tenders, to be sent in Vforo 12 o'clock on Saturday, .Tnne 29, are called by Mr. F T. SnmervH* for converting the old Wesley Chap. I. in Hull-street, into a dwelling.

The two Xrw Zealand horses entered for tii»- next Melbourne Cup race—Trump Can] ami I.e Loup—v. ill be forwarded by the next steamer. "Jsimrod," the spor'ing contributor to the Saturday Advertiser, d>>e not srem to form a very hiidi estimate i> r their chances of distbigiii-hinst th-'insel-'e* i'. Australia, and snys : " What use. however, it is to semi across the water one erippletl coin and another that can't r.-.ce. unless it be to get rid of them by selling, T cannot understand."

As has already been mentioned in ou••elegraohic columns, Mr. M'Oce. the owner of the horse Fait on, about ma!:oeuvrt's a' the last Auckland race meeting "here was .-on.-d-ierable hubbub, resulting in the dis-t|>-.Tlificatii»ti of Mr. M'Of e, his son. and th n horse, has C">nv enced an r.ction against the .* uckland Racing Cub for L 2.500 damages, for inju-ies done to his property and ci aracter. What the result of thu very novel .r.wsnit will be, it is ditlicult to foretell, but the foilowir g '>pin'on given by the Australasian on the subject will not be very ■ reassuring to members of the Auckland Club :—"As Falcon won, the stewards had no power to disqualify the owner, the rider, or the horse. Cutting it fine in the first attempt might hr.ve be-.n an error of judgment on the part of so unpractised a boy." Taking everything into consideration, the members of the North Otago Turf Club did wisely the other evening in declining, for the present at any rate, to indorse the action of the Auckland Club.

The Waikouaiti County Council, after carefully considering the objections raised to the construction of the Shag Point railway by Messrs. Cook* solicitors to Messrs. Allen, Broa., have agreed to the following reaolu-

*io:i " Thai this Council is of opinion tin*; U.u Governor's r.? ent should btf jjiven to the proposed construction of a branch line of railway from the Shag Point Coal Eeser-'e to the Northern main line." At a meeting of the Council Mr. Strode, solicitor to fchv Shag Point Coal Company, appeared in support/ of the Company's application for the Council's approval of the construction of the line. In the course of his remarks hesaidtiiat the construction of the railway would not only bi-nefit the men.bors cf the Company, but the whole of the County, and the 111liai.itants generally. Tlie tfT. ct of it v.-onM lie to introduce coal into t .e district hi

' .rg<T (juantilias than at present, and at very much lower rate. He also s-dd thai-.

was n".w intended to cavy out the. Company's operations on a larger scale thai: he

five. As to the question whether or not the line was rcal'y to !;c a public one, ':e said that a letter had been written to the Government by the Company, stating that all passengers and goods would be conveyed at Government rates, and there would be at l>-ast one train a day running each way for that purpose. A legal opinion obtained by the Company from Mr. Maeassey, was read, to the efi'-ct tha'<-, as the line was to be constructed under the 20th section cf the District Railways Act, !577, it would not be entitled to a guarantee under a special rate, and that in consequence owners of land through whose property the line ran, would not be liable to the payment of a special rate to cover interest on the cost of its construction. It is anticipated that there will now be no difficulty in obtaining the •-on-sent of the Oovernmenc to tr.e construction of the line, and that thi work will be commenced very shortly, the Company having a'iea I}' r c.-ived several tenders for the formation of the line.

Aii Artillery practice took place on Satui--ilay afternoon last, when a detachment, umler the command of Captain Moron, displayed very comiderabl'aptness in th:; 111:11nement uf w..Hike implements. They were to have fired at a buoy placed in t e harbor f■ r that purpose, 1 ut the enemy faibd to i ut in an appeaian <\ and tl.ey changed their prOi.iT mme. At im -sthc vivid imaginat-.u.s .if the operatois supp ied subjects up-'ii wh'ch :o vomit ceit-in destruct-.Mii, tueh, for ills', an-e, as a r.usiau niaii-n'-ivar in the rn..dstead. The re->t:e.--s Lil.ow- cl;:i hig e-.c'..

•..th r, ail-.-rocf" an opj.ortiuiiiy t-.- i!ie:;...-i. i:> xeiviie their jii..i :::ii.nu a 5 to cli ;t,.:ice :-nd ■ hi', respective v.h.chy 01 the mUsil- a -n the wave.-. It is said that the i\rtd" if o.n- of the men depic:cd a t-..r:,edo ves-el --ot far from the end ■. the wharf, a conviction to.it at o- c • .rou-ed his Vidonr, which vented it- ■< hroi.ghihe cannon's ruo ah. It w.:.s -ttil Jieie, however, when the nun ky vaw. u • a.ising irom the last -hot had chared away. I'.-, the i= iil of a strong lie'd-glas-, anothc descri-d what he believed to be a nisii s mgubng in the n;.tcr, probably ■ ;c----of tiie crew of pli:'.i!fom iu;:.-.-a;; j-U'.i-er. alrea :y destroyed by a nv.-.::-bci" of the i-a-. 1 cry. The explosion •->. an extra charge at fhe instance of the gcnUeman with the field-glass appeared to scatter destruction all around. Again the curtain rose, aud there appeared the object, which, bv the aid of a lew more glasses, was disc, vcrcd to be not a man, but a '" buoy." A.ter having enjoyed themselves thoroughly, the men returntd to their homes, feeling that they did not care even if a who'..: -■quidi'ou of ihissian war vessels should vi i : harbor.

Our r< aders should not forget that the Di.-solving Yi'.-w exhibition for tlie beuetL oi the mi nday S-. h-it;l conducted in the Teesstret Hall, ami not in the Waitaki riall, as stated by ltd on Saturdav, will take piac • in the Tees-street Hall this evening. The charge for admission is—for adults, Is. ; for children, (id., which is sufficiently liberal to secure a full attendance.